Thread: Problem with my camping stove

I've seen this happen if the bottle was overfilled, or in cold weather, somehow liquid gets up to the jets instead of gas. Was the bottle completely level?

Fraser

Thanks again for the responses. I found time to check this out today and I think the dust theory wins out. The camper has been sitting with everything disconnected for several weeks; I connected the hose to the bottle (which is mounted on the trailer, so is level) and to the stove and one burner completely refused to ignite, which seemed to be the end point of the flaring problem rather than a different problem- the burners flared more and more and then failed to light altogether. I removed and dismantled the stove, soaked the jets in paint thinners for a few minutes whilst I blew clean compressed air through all the tubes, blew out the jets and reassembled the stove. Hooked it al up and it worked a treat. I left the hose connected for a couple of hours with the bottle on and the stove off, still worked okay so, fingers crossed, this seems to have solved the problem. The guy at the local camping shop reckons the dust builds up on the little gauze screen in the back of the jets. I think I'll get a couple of spare jets to put amongst the myriad spare parts I seem to have to carry for a trip. In a zip-lock bag.